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Laerdal (Norway)

In research, Laerdal (Norway) stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,434 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,984 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,610
of 34,923
Rank in Norway
#132
of 215
Research works
242
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.3k
22.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
49%
world 18%
Laerdal (Norway)

What is Laerdal (Norway) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #6,434 of 16,688 10.7%146
MedicineField #5,984 of 14,558 11.2%129

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Laerdal (Norway) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Laerdal (Norway) work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Laerdal (Norway) is in Health Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (56%), Engineering (11%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 17 fractional works · 63.3% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 56.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 11.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 10.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 17.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 10.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 13.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLaerdal (Norway)27fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences63%Social Sciences13%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1556.3%
    2. Health Professions26.4%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Engineering310.7%
    2. Computer Science14.7%
    3. Environmental Science01.3%
    4. Energy00.4%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences28.1%
    2. Psychology12.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting12.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.3%
    2. Neuroscience12.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.42× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.93× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.93×15 works
  2. Health Professions2.42×2 works
  3. Veterinary1.51×0 works
  4. Neuroscience1.32×1 works
  5. Nursing0.84×0 works
  6. Psychology0.79×1 works
  7. Engineering0.71×3 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.64×1 works
  9. Social Sciences0.64×2 works
  10. Computer Science0.61×1 works
  11. Energy0.45×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.25×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Laerdal (Norway)?

Ranked on the quality score, Jon B. Nysaether, Helge Myklebust and Tonje Soraas Birkenes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Laerdal (Norway).

  1. 1 Jon B. Nysaether Norway · #1,129,570 worldwide 1.5k citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Helge Myklebust Norway · #1,494,563 worldwide 4.8k citations · 112 works
  3. 3 Tonje Soraas Birkenes Norway · #2,831,982 worldwide 652 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Joar Eilevstjønn Norway · #3,024,405 worldwide 1.8k citations · 97 works
  5. 5 Finn Edler von Eyben Norway · #3,634,104 worldwide 46 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Ingunn Anda Haug Norway · #4,146,269 worldwide 143 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Sara Brunner Norway · #4,436,789 worldwide 75 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Laerdal (Norway)

What are the most cited papers from Laerdal (Norway)?

The most cited paper from Laerdal (Norway) is "Effects of compression depth and pre-shock pauses predict defibrillation failure during cardiac arrest" (Dana P. Edelson, Benjamin S. Abella, Jo Kramer‐Johansen et al., 2006), with 668 citations. Next come "Quality of out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation with real time automated feedback: A prospective interventional study" (529) and "Increase of asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema in Swedish schoolchildren between 1979 and 1991" (453).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effects of compression depth and pre-shock pauses predict defibrillation failure during cardiac arrest Dana P. Edelson, Benjamin S. Abella, Jo Kramer‐Johansen et al. · Resuscitation 19 Sep 2006 668
2 Quality of out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation with real time automated feedback: A prospective interventional study Jo Kramer‐Johansen, Helge Myklebust, Lars Wik et al. · Resuscitation 28 Oct 2006 529
3 Increase of asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema in Swedish schoolchildren between 1979 and 1991 Nils Åberg, Bill Hesselmar, Birgitta Åberg et al. · Clinical & Experimental Allergy Sep 1995 453
4 Identifying breast cancer patients at risk for Central Nervous System (CNS) metastases in trials of the International Breast Cancer Study Group (IBCSG) Bernhard C. Pestalozzi, David Zahrieh, Karen N. Price et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access 8 Apr 2006 413
5 CPR quality improvement during in-hospital cardiac arrest using a real-time audiovisual feedback system Benjamin S. Abella, Dana P. Edelson, Salem Kim et al. · Resuscitation 27 Jan 2007 369
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Laerdal (Norway)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Preterm Infants, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Hypothermia, Resuscitation, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Lung Stem Cells, Cardiac Arrest and Out-of-Hospital.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Preterm Infants3▲ 88×2 topics
  2. Hypothermia2▲ 118×2 topics
  3. Respiratory Distress Syndrome2▲ 107×2 topics
  4. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia2▲ 131×1 topic
  5. Lung Stem Cells2▲ 148×1 topic
  6. Resuscitation2▲ 65×2 topics
  7. Cardiac Arrest2▲ 133×1 topic
  8. Out-of-Hospital2▲ 133×1 topic
  9. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes2▲ 32×4 topics
  10. Inflammation2▲ 2.7×9 topics
  11. Depression1▲ 6.1×5 topics
  12. Epidemiology1▲ 1.19×11 topics
  13. Medical Education1▲ 18×2 topics
  14. Patient Safety1▲ 31×2 topics
  15. Debriefing1▲ 123×1 topic
  16. Injury Severity1▲ 56×2 topics
  17. Simulation1▲ 17×1 topic
  18. Clinical Trials1▲ 6.3×3 topics
  19. Intensive Care Unit1▲ 31×3 topics
  20. Acupuncture1▲ 63×1 topic
  21. Fake News1▲ 56×1 topic
  22. Health Outcomes1▲ 14×2 topics
  23. Misinformation1▲ 56×1 topic
  24. Mortality1▲ 6.6×4 topics
  25. Osteoarthritis1▲ 29×2 topics
  26. Pain Relief1▲ 94×1 topic

Which research topics does Laerdal (Norway) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare and Misinformation and Its Impacts.

Neonatal Respiratory Hea…2Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 1 fractional worksAcupuncture Treatment Research Studies: 1 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 1 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Car…1Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring: 1 fractional worksNeonatal and fetal brain pathology: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEmergency MedicinePhysiologySociology and Political Science3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 1 works
  4. 4 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  7. 7 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  9. 9 Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Neonatal and fetal brain pathology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available28.5%not open71.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.7%domestic only51.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Laerdal (Norway)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Laerdal (Norway) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000083% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Laerdal (Norway)0.000089% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Laerdal (Norway) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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